Winners of the 2nd ´Illustrating NMI3´

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd ´Illustrating NMI3´picture competition.

2nd Illustrating NMI3 picture competition - first prize winnerThe external vacuum chamber attached for rapid in situ sample change on the Birmingham 17 T cryomagnet. The picture shows the sample cup being locked into place at the centre of the magnet bore. The cup is held on the end of a rod passing through the cryomagnet windows, with all of the various tools required visible in front of that. Picture: Elizabeth Blackburn, University of Birmingham.

Vacuum chamber on the Birmingham 17 T magnet

The first prize goes to Elisabeth Blackburn from the University of Birmingham in the UK, for her picture of an external vacuum chamber attached for rapid in situ sample change on the Birmingham 17 T cryomagnet.

The picture will be displayed on the front cover of the next issue of Inside NMI3.

2nd Illustrating NMI3 picture competition - second prize winnerSapphire gas pressure cell for real time in situ neutron powder diffraction of solid-gas reactions with hydrogen under high pressure on the high-intensity diffractometer D20 (ILL). The sample inside the sapphire single crystal is heated by two laser beams guided through the optics seen on the left and righthand side. Picture: Holger Kohlmann, Universität des Saarlandes.

The second prize goes to Holger Kohlmann from Universität des Saarlandes in Germany for his picture of a sapphire gas pressure cell, on the high-intensity diffractometer D20 at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL).

The picture will be displayed on the back cover of the next issue of Inside NMI3.

The new very intense polarized neutron diffractometer VIP on the hot source of the Orphée reactor, Laboratoire Léon Brillouin. VIP has 64 position sensitive detectors presenting a large detection angular range of about one steradian. Polarized neutron diffraction is a rather unique technique in magnetism as it takes full advantage of the neutron magnetic moment and gives direct access to the spin density distribution in the unit cell. Picture: Andrew Sazonov, LLB